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Private Lesson Time:)

Private lesson with a student on Saturday afternoons:) My saturdays are full of lessons, but I LOVE IT!!!!!

~ Keep Violinin’

love my saturday morning group lessons:)

What better way to begin a saturday morning than having these wondering Suzuki kids come to my studio for a group lesson:) The above photo is my beginner’s group with children ages 5 to 10.

I’m proud to share this video of the mothers who spent the last 3 months learning with me.  They have worked so hard not only on organizing the New Year Celebration, but also preparing this piece for everyone:

It’s BOOKED!!! I’ll be attending the 2012 SAA Conference in Minneapolis, MN during Memorial Day weekend!! I’m super excited!!! I can’t wait to see Dr. William Starr again and hopefully I’ll get a picture with him as well:)

Enjoy this clip from Saturday night’s performance at Bethany Elementary School in Mountain House, CA

If you would like to see Part 1 of the Saturday night’s celebration, you can view it here:

I had to share this picture with all of you!!! This is a picture my student’s younger sister drew while waiting for her brother to finish up his violin lesson.  When he was done with his lesson, she wanted me to see her drawing and as you can see, what a wonderful gift she gave me after I finished teaching:) 

~ Keep Violinin’

So instead of recording Austin tonight, Austin decided to record me and my husband..haha..

A little background on my husband – Dave is a fast learner…he played violin and piano(like most Asian kids) when he was young for approx. 5 years but gave up when he was in high school. Since we moved back to CA, we were fortunate to buy another practice violin, so whenever he heard Austin practice, he would practice along on some pieces with Austin to keep our son motivated and entertained:) Dave’s never played Andantino, but since he’s heard this tune so much, he picked this piece up in less than 20 minutes!!  SOOO…instead of recording Austin…I decided to play a duet with my husband and Austin recorded us, which became a very fun night for us:)

Enjoy!! ~ Keep Violinin’

Tonight I taught Austin a new song, Andantino, in Suzuki Book I.  It’s in the key of D Major, and he’s started to use his 4th finger.  We’ve been working hard to develop some 4th finger muscles these days, so here’s a prelude video to this piece.  I’ll upload the final piece in a couple days, but I was surprised he could already memorize the first part of this piece:) I think it’s because we’ve been doing a lot of listening of the Book I CD:)

~ Keep Violinin’

Once again, I’d like to wish everyone a healthy and happy 2012!! I am hoping to blog more in 2012. Please continue to visit my page and give me suggestions on how I can improve my contents to help you, the Suzuki parent or student to enjoy learning the violin:)

I’ve also decided to publish all my future videos on my new youtube account: KEEPVIOLININ

Let us welcome 2012 as well as the Year of the Dragon, which is coming on Jan.23, 2012.

My students will be performing at the 1st Annual Lunar New Year Celebration in Mountain House, CA organized by the Mountain House Asian-American Association (http://www.mhaaa.com)

COME AND JOIN US!!!!

Happy New Year to everyone from Mountain House, CA!!!:)

I hope everyone had a relaxing and enjoyable holiday!! I know I’ve been recharged and looking forward to another year of challenges and concerts:)

I recently uploaded some photos from the Christmas Celebration Concert onto my Flickr account, so you can view them by scrolling down this page.

I just received an email message from one of my students telling me how much she is looking forward to having violin lessons with me again after this long break!!!:) This is the reward of being a teacher..simple emails from students just telling me how much they are looking forward to our lessons together:)

May God bless all of us with good health and lots of happiness in 2012!!!

~ Keep Violinin’